Castle Kindergarten - Haswell

02/10/2026

🍂🍁🪾 Hello Autumn 🪾🍁🍂

23/09/2026

WE ARE HIRING!
🌿Senior Early Years Educator🌿

We are looking for a qualified, hardworking and dedicated Senior Early Years Educator to support the manager and deputy manager in leading and managing the nursery. 💚

🌿Full-time, Permanent, 40 per week
🌿Haswell, Durham
🌿£28,365.68 per year

For full details and to apply, please visit our Indeed advert:
https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=43c64590a7d777ea&from=shareddesktop_copy

Please share with anyone who might be the perfect addition to our nursery team! 🌿

16/09/2026

Gruffalo Granny 🥘🌲

Are you ready for Gruffalo Granny storytime? 📖

Join us at Hamsterley this October half-term to hear Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s brand-new story, with special appearances from The Gruffalo himself!

Come and join the fun 👉 www.forestryengland.uk/forest-event/events-hamsterley/welcome-storytime-gruffalo-granny-hamsterley

08/09/2026

WE ARE HIRING!

🌿Kindergarten Cook🌿

We’re looking for a Kindergarten Cook to join our friendly team at Castle Kindergarten, Haswell.
If you have experience working in a kitchen, a passion for preparing healthy and nutritious food, and would love to play an important part in supporting our little learners, we’d love to hear from you! 💚

🌿Monday–Friday, 8.30am–1.30pm (or similar)
🌿Haswell, Durham
🌿Part-time | Permanent

For full details and to apply, please visit our Indeed advert:

https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=267f51e872a81f9f&

Please share with anyone who might be the perfect addition to our nursery team! 🌿🍏

08/09/2026

💚 WELCOME BACK! 💚

What a wonderful first day back at nursery!

While some of our children have enjoyed being with us throughout the holidays, today we welcomed back lots of familiar faces who have been away over the summer — as well as lots of new children starting their nursery journey with us! 🌿

We wanted to make their return extra special, so we created a little obstacle course along the path into nursery, giving everyone a fun hop, skip and jump into the new academic year!

We’re so excited for the year ahead and all the learning, growing, discovering and development that will happen along the way. There are so many wonderful possibilities ahead, and we can’t wait to see where this year takes us! 🌿

Here’s to a fantastic year ahead! 💚

31/08/2026

🌿WELCOME BACK – A NEW TERM OF LEARNING & DISCOVERY IS ALMOST HERE! 🌿

As we prepare to welcome our term-time-only children back to nursery, we are looking forward to another exciting term filled with learning, exploration, discovery and new experiences.

We are also delighted to be welcoming some new children and families to our nursery community over the coming months. We look forward to getting to know each child, celebrating their individuality and supporting them as they begin their own learning journey with us.

Our team have been busy preparing our learning environments and planning exciting experiences that will encourage children to ask questions, develop their independence, build relationships, solve problems and follow their own interests and curiosity.

🌿TERM-TIME CHILDREN – IMPORTANT REMINDER! 🌿

Our new term begins on Tuesday 8th September 2026.

We hope all of our families have enjoyed a wonderful summer, making special memories together and enjoying lots of opportunities to explore the world around them. We can’t wait to see your smiling faces again and hear all about what you’ve been getting up to!

Here’s to a wonderful new term filled with curious minds, confident learners, new friendships and lots of opportunities to grow, explore and discover!

We can’t wait to welcome everyone back on Tuesday 8th September and begin another term of learning and making memories together. 🌿

26/08/2026

🌿🌿We have limited paid and funded places available for 2, 3 and 4 year olds. You need to apply for your childcare code before 31st August 2026.🌿🌿

To see if you are entitled to any support with childcare costs please access the link below.

https://beststartinlife.gov.uk

Do not hesitate to contact the Kindergarten on 0191 367 1231 or email us at
[email protected]

Alternatively you can message the page with any questions you may have.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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22/07/2026

🌿Happy 50th Birthday to our wonderful Baby Room Senior Early Years Practitioner, Olivia! 🌿

Wishing you the happiest of birthdays from all of us at the nursery! Thank you for your endless care, kindness, patience and dedication to our babies and their families. Your passion for early years shines through every day, and the love and support you give to both the children and your colleagues never goes unnoticed.

We hope you have a fantastic day celebrating—you truly deserve it! Thank you for everything you do. ❤️

17/07/2026

🌿 To Our Wonderful Nursery Families 🌿

As we come to the end of another amazing year, we just wanted to say a huge thank you from all of the staff here at nursery.

What a truly special final week we've shared together! We've made so many wonderful memories—from our exciting ice cream van visit, water fights, celebrating at our graduation ceremony, enjoying our Teddy Bears' Picnic, relaxing with a movie day, and sharing plenty of laughter, hugs, happy tears, and thoughtful presents along the way.

It has been a privilege to watch your children grow in confidence, curiosity, kindness, and independence. Seeing them learn, laugh, make friendships, and prepare for their next adventures has been the greatest reward.

To all of our children moving on to school, we wish you every success—you'll always have a special place in our hearts. ❤️

Term time only children returning in September- Have a wonderful summer filled with love, laughter, and precious family time. Stay safe, make lots of happy memories, and we'll see you soon, back at nursery on the 8th September 2026🌿

And to all of our children who will be attending throughout the summer holidays, we can't wait to continue the fun! We have lots of exciting activities, adventures, and opportunities planned to make wonderful memories together. We'll keep learning, laughing, exploring, and growing every day, and we look forward to sharing a summer full of smiles, friendship, and new experiences with you all. ☀️

Last day of term is Monday 20th July !!

With love and best wishes,

Castle Kindergarten Haswell Team 🌿

10/07/2026

🌿 Great British Summer Savings - Information for Parents and Carers 🌿

We would like to make parents and carers aware of the Government's Great British Summer Savings scheme, which runs from 25 June to 1 September 2026.

The scheme includes:

🌞Reduced VAT on eligible children's meals in restaurants.

🌞Reduced VAT on eligible children's and family tickets for cinemas, theatres, concerts, exhibitions and many attractions.

🌞Free bus travel throughout August for children aged 5–15 in England.

To find participating venues and offers near you, visit the Government's Summer Savings website and use the attraction finder:
https://summersavings.gov.uk

We hope this information is helpful and that families are able to make the most of the savings available over the summer holidays ☀️☀️☀️☀️

Discounted family days out and meals near you this summer.